IPL 2014 Photos

IPL 7: Kolkata Knight Riders Beat Mumbai Indians for Third Win in a Row

May 15, 2014 09:16

In a crunch match for Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders restricted their opponents to just 141/5 after winning the toss and electing to bowl first. Thereafter, Robin Uthappa played a match-winning knock of 80 runs from 52 balls to take them to a comfortable six-wicket victory in the end. (All images BCCI)

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In a crunch match for Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders restricted their opponents to just 141/5 after winning the toss and electing to bowl first. Thereafter, Robin Uthappa played a match-winning knock of 80 runs from 52 balls to take them to a comfortable six-wicket victory in the end. (All images BCCI)
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After being put in to bat, Mumbai Indians started rather sluggishly against Kolkata Knight Riders and CM Gautam was sent back early by Morne Morkel. Lendl Simmons followed Gautam in the dugout after being bowled by Shakib Al Hasan and Mumbai Indians were 35/2 in 5.1 overs.
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Ambati Rayudu once again showed why he is a big player for Mumbai Indians with a 27-ball 33 when the rest of the team couldn't read what the Kolkata bowlers were offering.
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Rohit Sharma was the standout performer in Mumbai Indians' sluggish first-innings total of 141/5 (20 overs). The Mumbai skipper made 51 off 45 balls.
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For Kolkata, it was all about good bowling. South African veteran Morne Morkel took two wickets but gave away 35 runs in his four overs. He removed CM Gautam and Corey Anderson.
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The spinners had made life tough for Mumbai Indians and leg-spinner Piyush Chawla took the crucial wicket of Ambati Rayudu in his spell of 1/32.
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Other spinners like Shakib Al Hasan also did well. Shakib gave away just 21 runs in his four overs and took the wicket of Mumbai opener Lendl Simmons.
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However, the best bowler for Kolkata despite not taking any wickets was once again Sunil Narine, who gave away just 18 runs in his four overs at an economy rate of 4.50.
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Things looked even more ominous for Mumbai once Kolkata opener Robin Uthappa started hitting some big shots straight away. He made 80 runs off 52 balls and was involved in a 50-run opening stand with skipper Gautam Gambhir.
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Although Harbhajan Singh got Mumbai back in the game with a couple of wickets, a total of 142 was not difficult to chase for Kolkata, especially with Uthappa's explosive knock starting things off.
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It was Yusuf Pathan who kept his calm to guide Kolkata to a six-wicket win after Uthappa's dismissal. He made 20 runs off 13 balls.
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Robin Uthappa was deservedly given the Man of the Match award for his match-winning performance.

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